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Brothers Gowan score at Bootle

If your name happens to be Gowan, then there is a fair chance that person is likely to be high up in the results of any of Bootle Scramble Club's trials at Fell Green. And that was exactly the case at the Northern Centre Championship Presidents trial when both the Gowan lads won their respective classes.Older...

Tight at the top at Lindale

Finally, Westmorland MC attracted a decent entry to the third round of their Wednesday evening series held at Lindale, where the four laps of ten sections were tightly packed into a restricted area of the venue to ensure that the promised wet weather for later on and of course darkness didn't affect the progression of the...

Mike’s 60th Manx anniversary

Feature by GEOFF SHUTTLEWORTHWestmorland club member and secretary of the club's trials, Mike Rapley, is about to reach a unique milestone in his trials riding career.Mike - known by just about everybody in the world of trials as Rappers - is scheduled to ride the Classic Manx Two Day trial at the end of August which...

our lads in Inter Centre action (updated version)

On Saturday, August 15 it was the Youth Inter Centre Team Trial (the adults are on Sunday) with the Northern Centre represented by our best four youngsters, Cameron Batty, Tom Joel, Toby Jackson and Will Edmondson. The team finished ninth overall against very strong competition and here's four cracking pictures of the lads in action. The...

How do you fancy a Spanish lifestyle?

 MIKE RAPLEY Writes: I make no apologies for the inclusion of this article into this website which is self-explanatory. Many of the viewers of this site will know that as well as being an avid trials-man, I'm also an avid fan of older machines being the owner of a 1959 350 AJS which over the past...

Training pays off for Tom

Lakes GTRC held the third of their Wednesday evening trials at High Borrowbridge on August 12 which attracted a respectable entry of 34 riders. The trial also catered for the youngest class of youths which was well received over a short course.Tom Joel won the main clubman course which showed that his recent training sessions with...

Fire risk halts JD Pattinson trial

IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR THE JD PATTINSON TRIAL-CANCELLEDIn consultation with the landowner, we have had to make the decision to CANCEL the trial this Sunday 16th August. This is due to the on going dry conditions and the HIGH risk of fire !! We had hoped for some rain, but that’s unlikely now, all the vegetation is...